Jesus and Knowing God - John 2:13-22

Date:  02/23/14
Speaker:  Matt McCullough
Title:  Jesus And Knowing God
Scripture:  John 2:13-22

Description:  This passage tells the story of Jesus cleansing the Jerusalem temple of all those selling animals and changing money. The fury of Jesus can be shocking given what we normally expect from him. But the anger he showed in driving shopkeepers from the temple flowed from the same love that drove him to earth. His all-consuming passion was for knowing God, and he came to make knowing God possible for us.

Jesus And Knowing God

Matt McCullough

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The Wedding - John 2:1-12

Date:  02/16/14
Speaker:  Matt McCullough
Title:  The Wedding
Scripture:  John 2:1-12

Description:  This story captures the first of Jesus’s “signs”, actions that symbolize what he came to do for us. It isn’t as eye-catching as some of his later miracles. There’s no healing of the sick, no calming of a storm, no resurrection of the dead. But when Jesus turned water into wine, he offered a perfect taste of what his coming means for his people: he will turn guilt and shame to unimaginable joy.

The Wedding

Matt McCullough

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Come And See - John 1:35-51

Date:  02/09/14
Speaker:  Matt McCullough
Title:  Come And See
Scripture:  John 1:35-51

Description:  The best way to evaluate whether Jesus is the Messiah is to experience him as a person or, in Jesus’s words, to come and see. But when you experience Jesus you see, as did his first disciples, that he knows you already and has the power to make you new.

Come And See

Matt McCullough

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Following John To Jesus - John 1:19-34

Date:  02/02/14
Speaker:  Matt McCullough
Title:  Following John To Jesus
Scripture:  John 1:19-34

Description:  This story of Jesus’s life begins not with Jesus himself but with a figure called John the Baptist, one sent to prepare the way for the Christ. Following John’s lead, we get a clear picture of what we must know about ourselves and about Jesus if we’re to truly enjoy what Jesus offers us.

Following John To Jesus

Matt McCullough

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The Beauty Of Incarnation - John 1:14-18

Date:  01/26/14
Speaker:  Matt McCullough
Title:  The Beauty Of Incarnation
Scripture:  John 1:14-18

Description:  John wrote this book to persuade readers that Jesus is the only one who can give us the life we’re made for. And though he originally aimed at first-century Jewish readers, John’s Gospel is for all of us because all of us need to trust Jesus more than we do.

The Beauty Of Incarnation

Matt McCullough

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Jesus Is… - John 1:1-13

Date:  01/19/14
Speaker:  Matt McCullough
Title:  Jesus Is…
Scripture:  John 1:1-13

Description:  The opening of John’s Gospel gets at questions all of us must address at one point or another. Where did we come from? Why are we here? What’s wrong with us and our environment? Who can we trust to solve problems that are too big for us? John places Jesus at the center of these questions, and confronts us with questions of his own, the questions his book will address all the way through: Who is Jesus? And who is Jesus to you?

Jesus Is...

Matt McCullough

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Why Believe?: Introducing John’s Gospel - John 20:30-31

Date:  01/12/14
Speaker:  Matt McCullough
Title:  Why Believe?: Introducing John’s Gospel
Scripture:  John 20:30-31

Description:  John wrote this book to persuade readers that Jesus is the only one who can give us the life we’re made for. And though he originally aimed at first-century Jewish readers, John’s Gospel is for all of us because all of us need to trust Jesus more than we do.

Why Believe?: Introducing John’s Gospel

Matt McCullough

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In All Things Love - 1 Corinthians 16:1-24

Date:  12/01/13
Speaker:  Matt McCullough
Title:  In All Things Love
Scripture:  1 Corinthians 16:1-24

Description:  Paul’s first letter to the church in Corinth covers a full range of issues basic to human life across the centuries. It’s a letter about politics and competition, about fashion and style, about sex and money and food. And straight through every issue it’s about selfishness and the power of cross-centered love to overcome the root of evil. It’s a letter well-summarized by Paul’s final instruction: “Let all that you do be done in love.”

In All Things Love

Matt McCullough

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Because Christ Is Risen - 1 Corinthians 15:35-58

Date:  11/24/13
Speaker:  Matt McCullough
Title:  Because Christ Is Risen
Scripture:  1 Corinthians 15:35-58

Description:  Jesus does more than remove the threat of death. He promises to give us bodies that won’t die through which we’ll know joy that is endless and complete. With this promise before us, there is nothing in this life we can’t do without for the sake of his kingdom.

Because Christ Is Risen

Matt McCullough

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Christ Is Risen - 1 Corinthians 15:1-34

Date:  11/17/13
Speaker:  Matt McCullough
Title:  Christ Is Risen
Scripture:  1 Corinthians 15:1-34

Description:  For Paul, Christianity stands or falls on whether Jesus is alive. But why? Only a living Jesus can truly free us from guilt in life and fear in death. And only a living Jesus makes the Christian life anything less than pitiful.

Christ Is Risen

Matt McCullough

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When We Gather - 1 Corinthians 14:1-40

Date:  11/10/13
Speaker:  Matt McCullough
Title:  When We Gather
Scripture:  1 Corinthians 14:1-40

Description:  The church comes together not for private communion with God but to encourage each other with the gospel. We encourage each other by using our minds to engage our hearts.

When We Gather

Matt McCullough

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The More Excellent Way - 1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Date:  11/03/13
Speaker:  Matt McCullough
Title:  The More Excellent Way
Scripture:  1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Description:  Christians are defined by love, not by what they possess or how they perform. Christians are bound by love, because only love like God’s can keep sinful, selfish people together. And Christians are destined for love, for the endless world of love that we taste in part when we love each other well.

The More Excellent Way

Matt McCullough

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Gifted In Community - 1 Corinthians 12:1-31

Date:  10/27/13
Speaker:  Matt McCullough
Title:  Gifted In Community
Scripture:  1 Corinthians 12:1-31

Description:  For the good of the church, God’s Spirit gives each believer gifts that are unique and indispensable. We’re all gifted. But we’re not self-sufficient. As members of one body, we each need others and others need each of us.

Gifted In Community

Matt McCullough

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Do This Until He Comes - 1 Corinthians 11:17-34

Date:  10/20/13
Speaker:  Matt McCullough
Title:  Do This Until He Comes
Scripture:  1 Corinthians 11:17-34

Description:  Confronting self-centered divisiveness at Corinth, Paul helps us understand what we do in the Lord’s Supper and what the Lord’s Supper does in us.

Do This Until He Comes

Matt McCullough

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Headship, Headcoverings, And Hope In God - 1 Corinthians 11:2-16

Date:  10/13/13
Speaker:  Matt McCullough
Title:  Headship, Headcoverings, And Hope In God
Scripture:  1 Corinthians 11:2-16

Description:  What do we do when the message and cultural context of the Bible seem far removed from our values and assumptions?

Headship, Headcoverings, And Hope In God

Matt McCullough

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What We're Made For - 1 Corinthians 10:23-11:1

Date:  10/06/13
Speaker:  Matt McCullough
Title:  What We're Made For
Scripture:  1 Corinthians 10:23-11:1

Description:  What does it look like to live our lives “to the glory of God”? We were made to glorify God by loving his gifts for God’s sake, and by loving each other in God’s strength.

What We're Made For

Matt McCullough

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Careful What You Crave - 1 Corinthians 10:1-22

Date:  09/29/13
Speaker:  Matt McCullough
Title:  Careful What You Crave
Scripture:  1 Corinthians 10:1-22

Description:  Paul points to the example of Israel to show that receiving great blessing from God doesn’t mean you won’t crave something more and fall into idolatry. Because comfort in Christian trappings isn’t the same as faith in Christ, be careful what you crave.

Careful What You Crave

Matt McCullough

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Free To Serve - 1 Corinthians 9:1-27

Date:  09/22/13
Speaker:  Matt McCullough
Title:  Free To Serve
Scripture:  1 Corinthians 9:1-27

Description:  Christian freedom is not finally about what’s permissible for us but what’s beneficial for others. Jesus frees us from bondage to our own interests, and he frees us for binding ourselves to each other.

Free To Serve

Matt McCullough

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Known By Love - 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Date:  09/15/13
Speaker:  Matt McCullough
Title:  Known By Love
Scripture:  1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Description:  As Christians, we’re defined not by what we know but by who knows us—our loving God—and what we’re known for—our love for each other.

Known By Love

Matt McCullough

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Singleness, Marriage, And The Christian Hope - 1 Corinthians 7:25-40

Date:  09/08/13
Speaker:  Matt McCullough
Title:  Singleness, Marriage, And The Christian Hope
Scripture:  1 Corinthians 7:25-40

Description:  All of us have a idea of what we hope to get out of our lives before we die. And all of us have a future beyond the grave promised to us by God if we trust in Jesus. The question is this: To which unrealized future does your heart belong?

Singleness, Marriage, And The Christian Hope

Matt McCullough

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